Prague (1992 film)

1992 film

Prague

Directed by| Ian Sellar
Written by| Ian Sellar
Produced by| Christopher Young, Jan Balzer
Starring| Alan Cumming
Cinematography| Darius Khondji
Edited by| John Bloom

Release date

* 23 October 1992 (1992-10-23)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Prague is a 1992 British drama film directed by Ian Sellar. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

## Cast

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* Alan Cumming as Alexander Novak
* Sandrine Bonnaire as Elena
* Bruno Ganz as Josef
* Raphael Meiss as Ralph
* Henri Meiss as Paul
* Hana Gregorová as Jana
* Petr Jákl as Policeman
* Ljuba Skorepová as Neighbour
* Zdena Kecliková as Cleaner on the train
* Lubos Kafka as Boatman
* Jaroslav Jodl as Cleaner in the vaults
* Ladislav Lahoda as Barman

## Production

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Prague cost £2 million to produce, the funding coming from France and several other countries.[2] Its Scottish producer was Christopher Young. Over two financial years, the Scottish Film Production Fund (1982-97) invested £130,000 in the film. The BBC contributed around £500,000 to the budget under its Screen Two commissioning strand.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Prague". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
2. ^ McArthur, Colin, "The Cultural Necessity of Poor Celtic Cinema", in Hill, John, McLoone, Martin, & Hainsworth, Paul (eds.) (1994), Border Crossing: Film in Ireland, Britain and Europe, British Film Institute / Queen's University Institute of Irish Studies, pp. 112 - 125, ISBN 9780851704890
3. ^ McArthur, Colin, "In Praise of Poor Cinema", in Sight and Sound, Volume 3, no. 8, August 1993, ISSN 0037-4806

## External links

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* Prague at IMDb

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